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Zimbabwe: Investigation required into police attack during Harare demonstration

Amnesty International has demanded an immediate investigation into the killing of Gift Tandare, a Zimbabwean activist shot dead by riot police on Sunday 11 March’s demonstration in Harare. The...

Wales: A new event on the campaign trail - Mardi Gras Question Time

Where: The Banking Hall, 113 Bute Street, Cardiff When: 6pm, 13th March 2007 On Tuesday (13th March), politicians from all four main parties in Wales will quizzed by the Lesbian, Gay and Transgender...

Northern Ireland: Snow Patrol headline new human rights album

Eagerly anticipated Instant Karma , a compilation CD of classic John Lennon songs recorded by an array of best-selling artists will be released by Warner Brothers in conjunction with Amnesty...

EU: European Parliament demands environmental and social regulation for business

A European Parliament resolution passed today (13 March 2007) urged the European Commission to extend legal obligations in relation to corporate accountability, such as directors' duties, foreign...

Cymru: Digwyddiad newydd ar drywydd yr ymgyrch: Pawb a'i farn - Mardi Gras

Lleoliad: Neuadd Bancio, 113 Stryd Bute, Caerdydd Pryd: 6.00pm, 13 Mawrth 2007 Dydd Mawrth (13 Mawrth), bydd gwleidyddion o’r pedair prif blaid wleidyddol yng Nghymru yn cael eu holi gan y Gymuned...

USA: Rock band R.E.M reunites to release Lennon song for Amnesty International

Rock band R.E.M will release a cover version of the John Lennon classic #9 Dream for Amnesty International tomorrow. The song is one of more than 20 of the former Beatle’s iconic songs being re...

Ivory Coast: Sexual violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights ignored in conflict

Hundreds, if not thousands of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights sexually assaulted by armed forces, says Amnesty “He ripped off my clothes and his. He said if I told anyone...

UK: New playwriting competition explores conflict and displacement

Amnesty International and east London-based theatre company, iceandfire have launched a new competition that offers all writers and storytellers the opportunity to write plays based around experiences...

USA: Condemnation as US Army Medic imprisoned for refusing service in Iraq

Reacting to today's verdict in the case of Agustín Aguayo a, US army medic sentenced by US court martial to eight months in prison, for his refusal to participate in the war in Iraq as a conscientious...

Iran: Arrests of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights may be an attempt to prevent International Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's Day calls for equality

Amnesty International today called for the immediate and unconditional release of over 30 Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights activists who were arrested on Sunday, 4 March...